August 31st, 2008
The following code causes the currently moused-over line of a list box to become selected when the box is right clicked on. I use this for preselecting the item that the mouse is over when context menus are used. It’s a pretty simple solve, but I haven’t seen a similar one posted anywhere, […]
Tags: listbox, right click select, VB.net, visual basic.net, visual studio 2005
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August 31st, 2008
The following code is designed to strip characters from a string in VB.net. I’m sure there are lots of ways to do this, but what I’ve done is dim a Char, and a String. Then since the string is composed of chars, you’re able to do a “for each” where you check each […]
Tags: parsing, Programming, string, VB.net, visual basic.net, visual studio 2005
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August 31st, 2008
The following sub is a barebones example of how to kill a process using visual basic.net. It scans through each running process on the host computer, searching for one which matches strProcesstoKill. If it finds it, it stops it and gives you a message. If it does not find it, it lets you know that […]
Tags: end process, kill process, process, Programming, stop process, VB.net, visual basic.net, visual studio 2005
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July 23rd, 2008
Hey guys. Been a while since I’ve put anything up here. Nothing special, just wanted to point you over to the downloads page, to check out the iPod ripper, if you haven’t looked at it.
It’s in its second revision, and I’ve heard that I may have introduced some problems into it with this second rev. […]
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June 23rd, 2008
Which is more real, what your brain perceives, or what everyone else does? This, I suppose, is the heart of the question posed in Interface. After a stroke, an Illinois governor is implanted with a small microchip which serves to replace the damaged portions of the brain, bridging the neurons on either side. […]
Tags: book review
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